Job Title
School Nurse – Tenure Track Position – Available September 2026 – Location: Bridgewater‐Raritan Middle School
Salary and Benefits
Salary Range: $64,636 to $114,986 per the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Benefits (per CBA):
* Excellent Health and Prescription Benefits Package
* Excellent Dental Benefits Package
* NJ State Pension Plan
* Paid Time Off (Sick, Personal, Family illness)
Requirements
* New Jersey certification as a School Nurse.
* Additional qualifications as deemed appropriate by the Board of Education.
Reporting Responsibility
The School Nurse reports directly to the building principal and, through them, to the Assistant Superintendent, School Business Administrator, or their designees. They work in consultation with the Nurse Coordinator and, through that coordinator, with the district's Coordinator of Medical Services.
Job Goal
In consultation with the Nurse Coordinator and in accordance with law and board policy, the School Nurse works with parents/guardians, school and district staff, medical professionals, and community agencies to help each student maintain optimum health.
Terms of Employment
Ten‐month contract consistent with the agreement negotiated with the applicable bargaining unit.
Performance Responsibilities
* Specific Responsibilities
o Serves as a consultant to other school personnel on health matters.
o Assists in the Health Education Program by teaching selected topics and grades.
o Provides students with individual health counseling and guidance.
o Schedules and assists with examinations performed by the school physician.
o Collects and maintains physical and dental reports.
o Acquaints staff members with physical and psychological problems of individual students that may affect the student's adjustment in the classroom.
o Conducts auditory, visual, tuberculin, scoliosis and growth screening tests as required by law and board policy.
o Interprets findings and encourages families to seek correction for remediable defects.
o Initiates, or assists in determining the need for, special services and provides referrals to school or county agencies for homebound instruction or other required supportive services.
o Advises appropriate district personnel of the reason for a need to exclude students from school for various physical or psychological reasons.
o Approves readmission of students, where necessary, following illness or medical exclusion from school.
o Evaluates symptoms of physical complaint and provides first‐aid where deemed necessary.
o Fulfills school responsibilities for obtaining necessary medical care where the problem is urgent and parents/guardians cannot be contacted; notifies the building principal and the Superintendent of serious emergencies.
o Explains school health and safety policies to parents/guardians, students and school personnel.
o Oversees the implementation of the Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan at the school level.
o Oversees the school's procedures for determining eligibility of students for free or reduced‐price meals/milk under the National School Lunch Program.
o Keeps confidential cumulative records up‐to‐date for each student, including test results, examinations, referrals, corrections, illnesses, accidents, conferences and medical‐psychological recommendations.
o Prepares and processes reports dictated by school, district or state policy.
o Takes responsibility for the care, storage, inventory and requisition of health equipment and supplies.
o Takes an active part in the frequent re‐evaluation and revision of school safety procedures.
o Administers medication only when directed by a licensed physician.
* General Professional Responsibilities
o Demonstrates proficiency in the use of English by communicating with reasonable clarity, conciseness and precision in both speaking and writing.
o Participates in solving classroom and school problems and seeks resolution through appropriate channels.
o Cooperates in the total school program by:
+ Sharing responsibility for care of materials, equipment and facilities;
+ Sharing responsibility for students' behavior throughout the building;
+ Working with colleagues to improve the effectiveness of the total school program;
+ Participating in school activities.
o Cooperates in curriculum development and evaluation activities by participating in the planning and implementation of programs.
o Establishes and follows an individual program of professional renewal in such areas as:
+ How children learn
+ Current approaches to discipline
+ Alternative instructional strategies
+ Updated curriculum materials
+ Current theory and practice in its field.
* Other Duties and Responsibilities
o Performs other duties incidental to the position or as assigned by the building principal(s), Coordinator of Medical Services, Assistant Superintendent, and/or School Business Administrator or their designees.
EEO Statement
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